Tony Romo’s career, visualized

It is a fitting end that Tony Romo’s final pass as a Dallas Cowboy was a touchdown, specifically a 3-yard strike to Terrance Williams in the final game of the 2016 season. Despite that final score by Romo, it was a whisper of an ending for his Cowboys career, which began in earnest Week 7 of the 2006 season when he took over for a struggling Drew Bledsoe and ended with a season in which he threw only four passes. Romo holds the franchise record for regular season passing yards (34,183) and passing touchdowns (248), and ranks second to Troy Aikman in regular season attempts (4,335) and completions (2,829).

Take a tour of Romo’s career: all 4,520 regular and postseason pass attempts. See every completion, touchdown, interception and player who caught a pass from him (including himself):

Every completion of Tony Romo’s career

Each arc represents a completed pass by Romo. Vertical lines indicate a completion for no gain. Arcs below the baseline indicate a loss of yardage.

Every pass attempt of Romo’s career

Each square below represents one pass in Romo’s career as a Cowboy. From his first pass at the end of a 2006 blowout against the Texans to that final swan song of a touchdown in Week 17 of 2016, they're all here. In the 11 seasons in which Romo attempted a pass, he ranked in the top 10 in the NFL in touchdowns seven times and completions and yards four times.

Touch or click a square to see details of that pass attempt. The darker blue the square, the longer the completion. White squares indicate an incompletion:

And every receiver on the other end

Someone had to catch all those passes. Most of the time it was Jason Witten, who caught more than 23 percent of Romo’s completed passes. Dez Bryant and Miles Austin were Romo’s next favorite targets, and along with Witten the trio account for more than 40 percent of Romo’s completions. Even Romo caught a pass from himself, though it went for a 1-yard loss. (Note: In some instances players gained or lost yardage on lateral plays where they were not the initial receiver or because of a fumble.)

Use the drop-down to see each player who caught a pass from Romo and how much they contributed to Romo’s career totals, along with where each one of those completions took place on the field.